Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809
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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809
- Publication date
- 1811
- Publisher
- Yarmouth : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, and W. Miller : by J. Keymer, Yarmouth
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 1.4G
[4], lxii, 496, [8] pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : 23 cm
Includes colour images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks, Journal of a Tour in Iceland was written after author William Jackson Hooker set out on a long expedition across Iceland. Paying particular attention to the political structures and religious institutions in the nation, the author includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more in his lengthy introduction. As an academic botanist by trade, Hooker's journal entries of the text are largely spent on describing the beautiful and exotic flora of the country
First edition, 2nd issue, with additional dedication to Joseph Banks, dated 10 August 1811--Stafleu & Cowan, vol. 2, page 285
Second edition was published in 1813
Frontispiece plate is hand-colored
"Appendix E. Icelandic plants": pages [459]-496
Errata: page [7], last page group
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Includes colour images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks, Journal of a Tour in Iceland was written after author William Jackson Hooker set out on a long expedition across Iceland. Paying particular attention to the political structures and religious institutions in the nation, the author includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more in his lengthy introduction. As an academic botanist by trade, Hooker's journal entries of the text are largely spent on describing the beautiful and exotic flora of the country
First edition, 2nd issue, with additional dedication to Joseph Banks, dated 10 August 1811--Stafleu & Cowan, vol. 2, page 285
Second edition was published in 1813
Frontispiece plate is hand-colored
"Appendix E. Icelandic plants": pages [459]-496
Errata: page [7], last page group
Includes bibliographical references and index
extracted picklist 20081216
Notes
No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found. Leaf 258, 327: tight gutters, illustration has been cropped.
- Addeddate
- 2019-02-19 14:40:29
- Associated-names
- Miller, William, 1769-1844, publisher; Keymer, J., printer; Carpenter, C. Allan, Jr., bookbinder; Dawson, John, former owner; Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, publishers; Malden Public Library (Mass.), former owner
- Call number
- 39088002787877
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
-
urn:oclc:record:890597849
- Foldout_seconds
- 638
- Foldoutcount
- 2
- Identifier
- journaloftourini00hook
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t5p91sj0j
- Identifier-bib
- 39088002787877
- Invoice
- 29
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- Openlibrary_edition
- OL19418159M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL5035048W
- Page-progression
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- Page_number_confidence
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- Pages
- 598
- Possible copyright status
- Not in copyright. The BHL knows of no copyright restrictions on this item.
- Ppi
- 500
- References
- Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), vol. 2, page 285
- Republisher_date
- 20190219182341
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20190219152857
- Scanner
- scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 134780
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 5929161
- Full catalog record
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